I assumed I'd love it -- I like both of them individually, and I'm a big fan of the more absurd British comedies (Blackadder, Python, Young Ones, etc.) -- but it was the single worst thing I've ever seen. I made it through parts of three episodes and couldn't finish any of them. Just godawful.

paulf- If you enjoy Wodehouse I highly recommend, well, the first two seasons of Jeeves and Wooster anyway. But the series definitely takes liberties with the source material. On the other hand, I can't read one of the books now without hearing Stephen Fry in my head, which is fine by me.

@Eric: My thoughts exactly!!! I spent way too much time this weekend with the Middleman DVD, which I finally bought recently. My most humorous discovery on it? The IDs they used are printed on the back... and the Hebrew on the Mossad IDs is backwards!

Oh, that's Mr Belvedere. I got the theme from the other three, but couldn't remember who the first guy was.

Regarding Jeeves and Wooster - I really enjoy the show. There's quite a bit of sameness to a lot of the show's plots, but to be honest, that's just Wodehouse. But I find the show to just be fun, and Fry and Laurie are perfect in their roles. And it prompted me to discover Wodehouse, and that's never a bad thing.

I read this and the "Manservants" line and my immediate line of thought went to Mark Sheppard and Manservant Neville. Hmm, jonesin' for some Middleman DVD love now (I've been saving seeing the entire series for bad days or boredom or whatnot)...

Early in House's run, Hugh Laurie said, if I recall correctly, that if Fry came on House, he'd have to play the only doctor in the world smarter than Gregory House -- the only question being if he would be meaner than House, or the nicest doctor alive.

I personally believe the only reason he hasn't had Fry on the show is that he would resent Fry getting to use his own accent too much!

And yes, the J&W series isn't a touch on the originals, but it's got some brilliant moments.